Chapter 1669: Endless Slaughter (3)
Cheng Mo of Great Tang said loudly, "Holy Lord, we won't be of much help staying here. Those Mountainseas and Sunmoons are scattering everywhere. Please give your order and allow us to slaughter these enemies!"
Su Yu looked at them, exhaled, and asked, "Do you understand why you're all gathered here today?"
The look in their eyes changed slightly.
"Great Qin King and the others believed that with me here, I can protect all of you. That way, if your fathers were to die out there, you would still be around..."
Yes. That was what Great Zhou King and the others had intended. They wanted Su Yu here for protection. To protect these people.
These were all descendants of Invincibles. Outside, the Invincibles were fighting with their lives on the line. Some had perished. After losing some to Wan Tiansheng's slaughter, these Invincibles did not have too many descendants left. Great Qin King and Great Zhou King did not want to see the lineages of these Invincibles ending here after all they had done for humanity over the years.
The Great Yue prefect roared furiously, "Holy Lord, please allow me to fight! My father has died fighting! I don't want to stay here like a piece of trash! I want to avenge my father!"
Su Yu solemnly said, "If you stay here, I can keep you alive..."
"I don't need that!"
The Great Yue prefect gnashed his teeth so hard that blood started dripping down his lips. Then, he knelt down and said, "Please issue your orders, Holy Lord! Great Yue is willing to fight!"
Su Yu exhaled and said, "Fine. Go. Kill those Sunmoons. I'll await your good news."
"Yes!"
With a roar, the Great Yue prefect flew away. Behind him, the Great Yue experts at the Mountainsea Realm and above hesitated slightly before flying away as well. Nobody had expected there to be so many hidden enemies within the Human Realm.
The entire Human Realm was in chaos. There were too many enemies for Great Yuan King and the others to stop. In fact, they were having a hard time just keeping the enemies occupied.
Su Yu remained still. Inwardly, he was trying to persuade the female furball to act separately. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novel·fiɾe·net
"Lord Flat, we need to act separately for this. There are too many enemies..."
"No. My husband told me to protect you. I can't let you die."
The female furball was unwilling to leave.
Soy Bun had told her to protect Su Yu, not anyone else. She couldn't risk Su Yu dying while she was away.
"Lord, please do me this favor!"
Su Yu pleaded with her. He did not need her protection. He could take care of himself.
As the female furball started hesitating, Su Yu pushed on, "We're running out of time!"
After a short moment, the female furball relented and said, "Then...be sure to be careful. If you die, my husband will be angry!"
"Yes, yes, definitely."
"Fine, fine..."
With that, the female furball flew toward the east. There, Great Yuan King alone was facing four Invincibles. One of them was also a seventh-degree Eternal like him. He wouldn't be able to last too long. In fact, he was on the verge of being killed.
These hidden Invincibles were surprisingly strong even among Eternals. None of them was weaker than a middle-degree Eternal. In his weakened state, it wasn't surprising that Great Yuan King was having a hard time.
The other Invincibles were also having a difficult time in the other directions. Zhou Tianyuan and Heavenly Forge King were facing five Invincibles all by themselves. As for Liu Wushen's group, they were facing six Invincibles. Yun Chen's group was the group facing the highest number of Invincibles. They were handling seven Invincibles all by themselves.
Twenty-two enemies had emerged. Those at the highest risk of dying in this battle were Yun Chen and Niu Baidao, not Great Yuan King or anyone else. Zhu Tiandao and Marquis Xia were also there with them. The female furball had opted to head east because Great Yuan King was there. She only needed to remove his opponents for him and he would be free to help the others.
Su Yu looked around, wondering where he should go. Logically, he should be helping Niu Baidao's group since he was closer to them. But Liu Wushen, Qin Zhen, and Zhou Potian were the descendants of Invincibles. Their fathers were fighting to the death out there.
He couldn't allow their descendants to die while they were out there sacrificing their lives for humanity. And thus, Su Yu flew toward Qin Zhen's group.
"Sorry."
He couldn't split himself. Since the female furball had picked east, he had to help Qin Zhen's group or they would die.
"Sorry...Principal Niu and Martial Granduncle Yun Chen..."
Su Yu roared to himself that he had to finish his fight fast or they would die. They wouldn't be able to last long.
As he moved, his Mark of Civilization soared into the sky before taking all the myriad race guests into it. Anyone resisting was instantly killed. Meanwhile, the smart ones allowed him to take them in.
As for Zhan Wushuang, he didn't even have any reaction as he was taken into the book. He was already used to this.
***
To the north.
Marquis Xia groaned, "That damn kid is so cruel! Why isn't he heading here when all his people are here?"
Not far away, Zhu Tiandao laughed and said, "Well, he doesn't have to answer to anyone if his own people are the ones to die, right?"
Yes. Their group was composed of people close to Su Yu.
Yun Chen, Niu Baidao, Marquis Xia, and Zhu Tiandao. They were among Su Yu's strongest supporters in the Human Realm. However, he had opted to help Qin Zhen's group instead.
Yun Chen laughed as well and said, "He's trusting us not to die. Stop complaining. Those three can't die or none of us will be able to face their fathers."
Great Qin King, Great Zhou King, and Great Han King. They were the descendants of three top human Invincibles. And all three were currently fighting for their lives in the Celestial Chasm Realm. Nobody knew if they could even return alive.
Marquis Xia complained, "My old man is fighting as well! My nephew is fighting as well!"
Zhu Tiandao rolled his eyes and said, "My older brother is fighting as well. My old man is fighting as well..."
Niu Baidao rolled his eyes and said, "Shut it. Your fathers are outside the Human Realm, not the Celestial Chasm Realm. With all the ancient cities out there, it won't be so easy for your fathers to die. What is all this drama?"
Yes. Great Ming King and Great Xia King were right outside the Human Realm.
At that, the two exchanged glances before chuckling. They both looked rather relaxed even as they were surrounded by multiple powerful auras.
They were facing seven Invincibles. Just as they were prepared to fight to the death, a cough rang out as three powerful figures emerged beside them.
Three Invincibles had arrived.
Human Invincibles, to be precise.
All looked incomparably old.
One of them was the same old man who had struck the Dragonrise Drum earlier. After coughing a few times, he smiled and said, "Holy Lord Su went there, so we came here. We can't have you dying on us, right? How would we be able to face our old friends if we allowed that to happen?"
Niu Baidao was quite surprised to see them. He laughed heartily and said, "Grandpas, are you not dead?"
"Old Niu, who do you think you're talking to?"
The leading old man laughed and said, "Stop with the bullshit. What a surprise. Truly a surprise. Some hidden dangers have remained from the old times. Twenty-four of them. We wouldn't have been able to sleep well all these years if we had known about this earlier."
His laughter sounded complicated. This was a danger from the past. And today, the danger had erupted into a crisis. If this were to happen any other time, the human experts could return and deal with them. But that wasn't an option today. Their Invincibles in the Allheaven Battlefield were probably in an even more intense battle. Nobody could afford to return.
They had to deal with this crisis or humanity would be destroyed from the inside.
Battles erupted everywhere.
Sunmoon after Sunmoon and Mountainsea after Mountainsea flew everywhere. Over two hundred Sunmoons and a thousand Mountainseas had emerged from the hidden ruins. That was a rather terrifying number. The experts of the thirty-six prefectures responded in kind and scattered in all directions to deal with these enemies.
To the east, the female furball moved rapidly. Just as the four Invincibles were about to kill the greatly injured Great Yuan King, a gigantic mouth descended upon them. With a rumble, the seventh-degree Eternal was swallowed.
Boom!
Crimson clouds appeared in the sky.
Great Yuan King took the chance to withdraw slightly before thrusting his spear forth with a roar.
"Daofuse!"
The various Invincibles were shaken.
Finally, realization dawned on them. How was Su Yu able to defeat the two immortal kings so easily? All thanks to this Daofuse.
Su Yu had returned to the Human Realm with a soul devourer!
After stabbing an Invincible with his spear, Great Yuan King said, "Lord, please help Heavenly Forge and Tianyuan! Leave this place to me!"
The female furball glanced at Great Yuan King and thought about it. Killing the seventh-degree Eternal with one bite had been quite exhausting. The Eternal had self-detonated in her mouth, inflicting her with some injuries before dying. Thus, she wasted no time and flew away.
It would take her a lot longer to kill the three now that they were aware of her presence. In that case, she was better off helping the two dying humans.
***
At the same time.
Su Yu had arrived near Qin Zhen's group, who was facing six Invincibles, including two seventh-degree Invincibles.
The moment Su Yu arrived, he heard Qin Zhen crying, "I lost another body!"
Yes.
He had already lost a body so soon after the battle erupted. The one he had rebuilt through the nine-leaf skylotus petal not long ago was gone.
At this rate, he was starting to turn into a veteran at losing tri-life bodies.
Liu Wushen and Zhou Potian weren't doing much better either.
In truth, Qin Zhen was not weak at all. Of the three, he was the most ferocious combatant. His aggressive combat style was how the seventh-degree Eternal had grabbed the chance to destroy his body.
As for the other two, they were more focused on keeping their opponents tangled instead of fighting head-on. Even when fighting so defensively, Liu Wushen had still lost a body. However, he did not cry. He was not as shameless as Qin Zhen.
To be fair to Qin Zhen, he wasn't crying because he was shameless. He only cried because it was an instinctive reaction.
When he lost his body previously, Su Yu had appeared out of nowhere to kill the enemy for him. When he saw the same thing happening, he reacted instinctively before he could stop himself. Just as he was done crying, his second body was blasted apart.
When he returned in his third body, he hurriedly escaped while shouting, "Damn it! Now, I'm the same as my father!"
He was now as single as his father.
Even when things were so serious, Su Yu couldn't help but feel like laughing in amusement. Qin Zhen's antics were truly...
Next, he released his Mark of Civilization.
It blocked the sky out.
Ten thousand doors shot out and assembled into a formation.
Six Invincibles charged him unhesitatingly.
They had no idea what those tiny doors were, so they had no fear.
With a roar, Su Yu opened his Heaven Gate. An incomparably powerful burst of strength flowed through his body. Next, he pushed his formation forward. The divine king among them, the same Eternal who had killed two of Qin Zhen's bodies, found his River of Time frozen for a split second.
During that split second, Su Yu appeared before him with a flicker with a blade in hand. For some reason, the blade looked suspiciously similar to a pen.
Culture Tomb!
Boom!
With all 360 of his acupoints shining brightly, he swung the blade and severed the head of the divine king. As for the other Invincibles, they were instantly faced with hundreds of Sunmoon projections. They were mere Sunmoon projections, but they were enough to slightly delay the advance of these Invincibles.
The five wasted no time and blasted their way through the projections. At the same time, Qin Zhen and the others charged forth and rejoined the battle.
Boom!
The body of the divine king crumbled before reappearing. Fear was apparent in his eyes after losing a body. What a powerful offensive strength!
Once again, Su Yu's blade arrived.
The divine king hurriedly pulled back through his River of Time.
"Trying to escape me?"
Su Yu snorted as the power of luck erupted from his crown. Instantly, an incorporeal power grabbed the Human Realm itself before forming a vacuum of source qi around the divine king. That successfully caused the divine king to freeze for a split second before...Boom!
His head was severed by Su Yu yet again.
His third body appeared.
Noticing what was happening, the five Invincibles fought even harder than before, desperate to help the divine king.
Su Yu was too strong. Both his crown and his formation seemed capable of restricting his opponents. Together, they felt unstoppable. There was no doubting Su Yu's offensive strength. He had always been lacking in his power of laws.
But thanks to the formation and the crown, this weakness of his wasn't as apparent anymore. With the two, his combat strength was already comparable to that of an eighth or ninth-degree Eternal.
Just as the five Invincibles were about to fight with all their strength, several individuals appeared before them. The dragon was faced with Long Wuyou, the devil was faced with Mo Duona, the divine was faced with Zhan Wushuang, and the nether was faced with Topsoil Spirit.
Yes. Topsoil Spirit.
The expressions of the young geniuses changed drastically.
Fuck!
Su Yu! A scumbag through and through!
The Invincibles were unable to withdraw their attacks in time, forcing the young geniuses to erupt with surprisingly powerful strength at a moment's notice.
Su Yu knew full well that each of these young geniuses had powerful life-preservation methods serving as their trump cards. Thus, he released them, knowing that they would have a way to survive the Invincibles.
And the fact that they came from the same races as the Invincibles would cause the Invincibles to hesitate slightly. That slight hesitation was enough.
Sure enough, when the hesitant Invincibles clashed against the desperate young geniuses, a massive explosion erupted. Right after that exchange, the young geniuses fled while coughing blood. At the same time, they were cursing endlessly inwardly.
Su Yu was truly the greatest scumbag of all time. He had actually used them as shields! None of them had expected this. In such a situation, they had no choice but to react. When they had to choose between dying and weakening some Invincibles from their races...well, the answer was obvious.
None of them would willingly accept death. The five Invincibles were stopped in their paths due to the young geniuses. They did not pursue the fleeing young geniuses, but they were left quite speechless about it.
Were these...the new young geniuses of the era?
They might have stayed in hiding for many years, but they had not been completely cut off from the outside world. Thus, they could easily guess who these young geniuses were. There was nothing they could do if they had accidentally killed these young geniuses, but they had no reason to give chase now that these young geniuses had survived.
Meanwhile, Su Yu took the chance to swing his blade yet again.
The entire world shook.
More crimson clouds covered the sky.
Su Yu smiled. This was the third Invincible to die in his hands today.
Realizing what had happened, the faces of the five Invincibles fell. Not only was this bastard strong, he was also extremely treacherous. None of them had expected him to use the young geniuses as shields.
Without that little interruption, they would have been able to deal Su Yu a heavy injury even if he could still kill his target. Alas, that did not happen. Su Yu had killed the seventh-degree Eternal without suffering any injury. The price for that was the escape of the five young geniuses he had captured.
Even as they were coughing blood endlessly, the five young geniuses were fleeing without looking back.
Run!
Su Yu was too crazy.
If not for their trump cards, they would have died. They had thought that Su Yu would use them as hostages, but they were wrong. That scumbag had used them as shields instead. It was only natural for them to flee in such a hurry when an opportunity presented itself.
Even Topsoil Spirit was infuriated. Weren't they supposed to be allies?
Was that how one should treat one's allies?
He nearly died there!
That was too dangerous!
Having killed an Invincible, Su Yu said, "Liu Wushen, help out at the north. I'll handle these bugs."
The five Invincibles were also focusing on Su Yu. They couldn't afford to let the others distract them anymore.
Rather than worrying about the others, they would rather worry about themselves. Su Yu himself was difficult enough an opponent for them. They couldn't afford to worry about the others.
Zhou Potian and the others left without saying anything. No, Qin Zhen was the exception. He opened his mouth to say something, but he was dragged off by Liu Wushen before he could say anything. Why wasn't he running when he was left with only one body?
"Holy Lord...can you lend me two petals if you have more?"
Qin Zhen's voice drifted over from afar. Since Su Yu was wealthy enough to feed the furball with the petals, it would be fine for Su Yu to lend him two, right? Qin Zhen was confident there was a way for him to easily recover from this!
Su Yu ignored the question.
Two petals? Where was he supposed to produce that?
Qin Zhen should just accept his fate of being single.
Meanwhile, the five Invincibles started surrounding him with solemn expressions. Ignoring the Daofuse, Su Yu was the most terrifying opponent left in the Human Realm.
Previously, they had thought that those outside had exaggerated the threat he posed. But upon encountering him themselves, they had changed their minds. They believed that rather than exaggerating his level of threat, those outside had underestimated him.
"Die!"
With a roar, Su Yu attacked. Fighting was the only thing he should be doing now. Saying anything would be pointless.
He still had more people to help after killing them.
Chapter 1670: Daofuse Falls (1)
Su Yu wasn't too worried about the battle inside the Human Realm. Humanity would win, even if some had to die for that. But what about the battle outside the Human Realm? There were simply too many experts out there.
However, Su Yu did not have the luxury to think too much. Great Qin King and Great Zhou King were the ones who had decided to start this war. He was merely reacting to it. He wasn't the one who had stirred this trouble.
He didn't know how things would end. Six Daofuses and over a hundred Invincibles. Faced with such a force, how would humanity survive?
He was too busy to think more. A massive battle had erupted. The Myriad Door Formation unfurled in the sky, covering the sky with fluttering doors. Surrounded by five Invincibles, retreating was no longer an option.
This also wasn't an option for the other human Invincibles.
Kill or be killed. That was their only path forward.
It was too late to retreat now.
After all, these enemy Invincibles had all arrived in all three of their bodies, making it clear that this was a fight to the death. The Human Realm was being attacked from the inside and the outside.
At the same time, an intense battle was raging outside the Human Realm. The ancient guardians, Great Xia King, and the others were already fighting. Deafening explosions were exploding everywhere outside the Human Realm.
Heavendoom and the others had all left their cities. With a swing of his staff, Heavendoom caused the world to shake. However, such a powerful staff strike was easily deflected by the Nether Pseudo Emperor. Next, a sword stabbed toward Heavendoom.
This was a battle involving over seventy Invincibles, with a considerable number of high-degree Invincibles among them. With thirty-five guardians and the human Invincibles working together, they would still put up a fight. However, the three Daofuses were too much for them to handle.
Heavendoom could barely deal with one of the Daofuses. Fortunately, a different ancient city appeared not long after. Both the Devil and Dragon Pseudo Emperors stared at the city warily. Grand Dream had arrived.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "Senior Grand Dream, are you interfering again? Be careful lest an insurrection happen in the Death Realm. The East Heavenly King will not allow you to interfere in the affairs of the living repeatedly." Follow current novels on novelꞁire.net
As usual, Grand Dream appeared as a humanoid youth. He looked at the Devil Pseudo Emperor and said, "East Heavenly King? You sure know a lot. The previous Devil Pseudo Emperor must have learned a lot while exploring the Death Realm. Since you know so much, do you think the East Heavenly King has the courage to cause trouble in my territory?"
The Devil Pseudo Emperor laughed and answered, "Not now, but if you participate in a war of the myriad races...things might change. You're only doing this to protect your mayor. Am I right?"
The old turtle answered, "Naturally."
The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "What about this? You can take Su Yu with you. We won't stop you. Do we have an agreement?"
The old turtle did not answer.
Seeing that, the Devil Pseudo Emperor sighed and said, "Senior, you can't fool yourself. Do you really want your companions who have been with you for a hundred thousand years to die for this war?"
Previously, the ancient cities had interfered for Su Yu. What about this time? This time, the Devil Pseudo Emperor had offered Su Yu's safety. They only wanted to deal with the humans. But the old turtle remained silent. His answer was clear. It hadn't even been that long since the previous battle. The stance of the ancient cities was clear for all to see.
Heavendoom had been hitting Nether Pseudo Emperor repeatedly with his staff, but he found that the Pether Pseudo Emperor was unharmed even when his arms were starting to sore. Thus, he pulled back. Standing beside the old turtle, he chortled and said, "Su Yu is now the lord of the Human Realm. That makes the Human Realm his. And he is also the lord of the ancient cities. Why waste our time with this bullshit?"
The Devil Pseudo Emperor looked at the Nether Pseudo Emperor before looking at the Dragon Pseudo Emperor. The three exchanged glances.
All thirty-six ancient guardians had assembled outside the Human Realm. Additionally, five human Invincibles were present as well. They were respectively Great Xia King, Great Ming King, Great Sui King, Great Jin King, and Qushan King.
Four founding kings and a younger Invincible.
One Daofuse and forty Invincibles.
Apart from Mountaindrive King, who was slightly weaker, the others were all high-degree Invincibles.
This was enough to face over seventy Invincibles. But the three Daofuses presented a massive challenge. The old turtle might be strong, but it was hard for him to face three Daofuses while also keeping the Death Realm suppressed.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor knew that well. Since he had mentioned the East Heavenly King, contact must have been established.
The three Daofuses noted that the battle inside the Human Realm had started. At this point, they could no longer stay idle and let all those Invincibles die for nothing. They were also suspicious of what was going on inside the Human Realm. After all, multiple Invincibles had perished in a short time.
With that conclusion in mind, the Devil Pseudo Emperor sighed and said, "Since the ancient cities insist on interfering, forgive us for not holding back. Kill!"
With a roar, the three Daofuses charged toward the old turtle.
The old turtle had a solemn expression. This wouldn't be an easy battle. Facing three Daofuses while remaining wary of the changes that might occur in the Death Realm. This was an extremely difficult task.
Just then, someone else emerged out of thin air. A massive figure floated in the sky.
"Iron devourer. What's the point?"
The Devil Pseudo Emperor sighed with regret. Next, a second person emerged from the sky. It was a delicate and dainty female Pseudo Emperor.
Despite the delicate appearance of the female Pseudo Emperor, her appearance was enough to cause the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor to stop eating. The look in his eyes slowly turned solemn.
Spirit Pseudo Emperor.
The Daofuse of the spirit race.
As the dainty Spirit Pseudo Emperor swayed gently with the wind, her crisp voice rang out, "Have the iron devourers decided to stand with the humans?"
The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor stared at her in silence. Then, he resumed eating. With an honest and silly expression, he said, "Aren't the spirits neutral? Why are you getting involved now?"
The spirit race was a top ten race.
However, they had been maintaining an incredibly low profile.
Yet that had changed today.
The Spirit Pseudo Emperor said, "The humans have started this war by invading the celestial chasm race. It feels as though the ancient past has returned. I can see humanity unleashing slaughter upon the Myriad Realms again. I can see the tyranny of the humans arriving. I can't accept that. I don't want that. During the ancient past, the humans invaded the Spirit Realm and harvested my people to use them as materials for pillmaking and weaponsmithing. Our plant, mountain, and sea spirits are nothing but valuable materials for them. What choice can I make here?"
The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor sighed. True. There was no villain in this story. It was reasonable for the Spirit Pseudo Emperor to participate in this war. There was no denying what the humans did during the ancient past. But this only made the defense of Human Realm harder than before.
The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor was here to help stop the three Daofuses, but the Spirit Pseudo Emperor had appeared to stop him instead. Furthermore, the Spirit Pseudo Emperor had not arrived alone. About twenty spirit Invincibles were also heading toward the Human Realm. Their Pseudo Emperor had merely arrived in advance. Since she had decided to participate in the war, she naturally couldn't afford to hold back.
After some hesitation, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor made his choice as well. From the Iron Devourer Realm, one powerful expert after another emerged. Since a choice had been made, he might as well go all out.
Only about a dozen iron devourer Invincibles had emerged. This wasn't a particularly big number, but it was much higher than their so-called official number. Previously, they had claimed that they had barely any Invincibles in their race. But now, more than ten had appeared at once.
Seeing that, the Devil Pseudo Emperor sighed and said, "Has the time for the myriad races to pick sides really arrived? Iron devourers, think this through. Even if the humans can gain the upper hand now, the laws will relax when the thousand-year limit is up. Can the humans...survive what comes next? The wise submit to circumstances. The iron devourers have survived for so many years. Must you risk eradication in the tenth epoch?"
Yes. Humanity wasn't weak at all. But that would only be temporary. When the heavenly laws relaxed, and when the experts beyond started descending, more Daofuses would appear. How many Daofuses did humanity still have up there?
Perhaps not even one.
Some might have survived the ninth epoch, but enough time had passed. Even when the Allheaven Battlefield was inactive, those beyond were still actively fighting. The remnants of the ninth epoch must have all died by now. Even if there were survivors, these survivors were probably struggling at death's door.
In short, humanity was on the losing side.
The major races, such as the divines, devils, immortals, dragons, and nethers would easily gain multiple Daofuses with the arrival of the experts from the world beyond. There was no comparing humanity and them.
The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor sank into silence.
The Spirit Pseudo Emperor chimed in, "Iron Devourer, are you ignoring the fate of your race for the sake of Su Yu? A human cultivating the 72-Forged Iron Devourer? Just that? Isn't your current life good? You live a free and leisurely life. Must you allow the tyranny of humanity to return? Where we are nothing but food and materials for the humans?"
As far as she was concerned, their current lives were good enough. Was Su Yu alone worth the help of the iron devourers?
The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor said, "My race was close to the Human Emperor. The human race and my race were close for many years as well. I'm not doing this because of Su Yu alone."
This was the time to pick sides. Picking the wrong side would result in a disaster equivalent to eternal damnation.
However, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor remained firm in his choice. He looked around, his silly expression replaced by a solemn expression as he said, "Everyone, the humans have stopped aiming to conquer the Myriad Realms since their defeat in the first epoch. From the second epoch onward, they have been focused on protecting themselves. You..all of you are the ones forcing them to fight each time. During the second epoch, humanity proposed a Myriad Race Union for all races to live in harmony. If you had agreed..."
The Dragon Pseudo Emperor sneered and said, "Naive. The humans will never give up on their ambitions. The so-called alliance was merely a trick to buy time for them. The greed of humanity has always been insatiable. They will always want more. They only proposed peace because they were too weak back then. The moment they gained enough strength, they wouldn't hesitate to walk the path of their ancestors."
There was no arguing against that. It would be pointless. It was understandable that the myriad races were wary of humanity. Thus, they had warred against humanity again and again. Each time, humanity was forced to fight back for self-defense.
Once, humanity proposed peace. Humanity had even proposed a union. However, the myriad races had ignored them. As for whether that proposal was really a trick, well, nobody could know anymore since they were all dead.
By the time the tenth epoch came along, this had turned into a habit, a faith even, for the myriad races. They must suppress the humans. Knowing that there was no reasoning with the myriad races, humanity could only fight back.
The Dragon Pseudo Emperor coldly said, "Since the iron devourers are stubborn, stop wasting time. We kill. Let's see how long these guardians can last out here."
Boom!
And thus, a massive battle between Daofuses erupted.
The time for talking was over. As Daofuses, their opinions weren't so easily changed. Since they had decided, they wouldn't change their mind so easily. This was their best chance to eliminate humanity. If they were to attack when Great Qin King and the others were present, they would need to pay a much higher price for victory.
Chapter 1671: Daofuse Falls (2)
At the same time.
Outside the Celestial Chasm Realm.
The Divine Pseudo Emperor and Tiangu arrived. Shortly after, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis arrived as well. Three Daofuses. Including the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor inside, there were four Daofuses here as well.
Suddenly, an opening in the air appeared nearby. Then, a furball with a shifty expression peeked out of the hole.
Tiangu indifferently said, "Soy Bun, if you interfere, you will be the first we kill today."
There were three of them, with Tiangu and the Heavenly Overseer Marquis being individuals who Soy Bun had personally admitted to be stronger than him. The Divine Pseudo Emperor wasn't too weak either.
Soy Bun was all alone currently since Flatbun was at the Human Realm.
"Why don't we just kill him first?"
The Divine Pseudo Emperor laughed and said, "Senior Soy Bun has always been a firm ally of humanity. We might as well take this chance and eliminate him while the other furball isn't around."
At that, the three started approaching Soy Bun slowly. This was indeed their best chance to kill Soy Bun. In fact, even losing the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor to kill Soy Bun would be a worthy trade for them.
Slow, Soy Bun started pulling back.
He could sense an incoming crisis.
An extreme crisis.
He was very powerful and ancient. But he still wasn't a match for three Daofuses.
At the moment, the Invincibles who had arrived with the three Daofuses were busy attacking the realm barrier. They were trying to pierce through the barrier and free the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor.
If they weren't stopped and the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was allowed to flee, humanity's plan would fail. All they would have accomplished was killing some Invincibles. That was pointless since the biggest threat originated from Daofuses.
Soy Bun was placed in a dilemma.
What now?
Should he leave?
He could leave, but that would allow the three Daofuses to easily break through the realm barrier. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novèlfire.net
Soy Bun said with a pitiful expression, "Don't hit me! You can't attack the Celestial Chasm Realm! The death spirits will come out! Everyone will be punished by the heavenly laws!"
Tiangu laughed and said, "No worries. We can still use our assembly tokens a few times. We only need to keep the heavenly laws silent for a bit while we kill the humans and drive the death spirits back to the Death Realm."
Soy Bun continued hesitating.
What a strong argument.
Were the humans too brash this time?
This was so troublesome.
At this rate, Great Qin King and the others would die.
Those outside could already sense the death spirit disturbance in the Celestial Chasm Realm. It would only be a matter of time before the combination of death spirits and heavenly laws killed everyone inside. But leaving would be a bad choice either with so many Daofuses and Invincibles waiting.
Soy Bun knew that at his departure, the humans would be faced with four Daofuses, making things even harder for them. Yes, seizing the alternative was a good idea. But strength was required, right?
Soy Bun couldn't make up his mind. Seeing that the three Daofuses were getting nearer and nearer, he decided to first withdraw. It would be pointless for him to die here as well. That wouldn't help anyone.
Just then, the space nearby warped.
Then, the space was ripped open, followed by someone stepping out of it.
The newcomer was gigantic.
A primordial giant.
The king of the primordial giants.
The expressions of Tiangu and the others changed. Slowly, the giant stepped forth, the sounds of his steps echoing everywhere.
"Zhou Tianqi, I'm here."
The Daofuse giant coldly said, "Tiangu, if war is what you want, so be it. I'll be glad to oblige."
Tiangu asked with surprise, "Why are you here?"
The leader of the primordial giants was known as a king, not an Emperor. This was a race without an Emperor. However, their king was a Daofuse.
The primordial giant said, "I felt like coming. So I came."
The Divine Pseudo Emperor said, "The primordial giants were one of the races that had attacked humanity during the previous epoch. What are you thinking?"
They weren't saying so much because they were scared. Rather, they were genuinely surprised. It was normal for one to pick sides during a war. But the primordial giants had fought against the humans during the previous epoch. In fact, they were even involved in the final battle against the Hundred Battle King. Thus, nobody had imagined that they would make such a decision in this epoch.
This was completely different from the iron devourers. They were completely unsurprised that the iron devourers would side with the humans. They had been staying neutral for many years and they had never stood against the humans.
They were truly surprised by the choice of the primordial giants.
Why?
Was it something like faith?
No.
If that were the case, they wouldn't have joined the attack against the humans during the previous epoch.
One should never mistake their refusal to appoint an Emperor as their loyalty to the ancient Human Emperor. They were simply too proud of their ancient heritage that they refused to embrace the title of an Emperor. According to their history, they hailed from a time where Emperors did not exist, an era known as the primordial era instead of the ancient past.
Their pride in their history was why they called themselves the primordial giants.
They were never close to humanity.
Thus, many were surprised by their choice.
"Did Zhou Tianqi do something?"
The Primordial Giant King said nothing. He continued stepping forward with a large axe in hand. "I suggest we all wait until a result is decided in there."
"Just because the two of you are here?"
Tiangu chuckled and said, "You're not weak. Soy Bun isn't weak either. But...are you enough to stop us?"
"What if you include me?"
Just then, yet another person stepped out of thin air.
"Spatial beast!"
Tiangu was shocked. He looked at the newly arrived old man and sternly asked, "Are you standing with the humans as well? Your descendant, Hollow, stole a treasure from me. I spared him out of respect for you. You should have been tactful enough to not stand in my way. What a surprise. Why did you make such an unwise decision?"
Three ancient races had actually chosen to side with the humans. This was inconceivable. They couldn't believe it.
Humanity was in a terrible state. It would be understandable for some races to make this choice in the ninth epoch, as humanity was very powerful back then. But this was the tenth epoch. This was an inconceivable choice.
It wouldn't be surprising for anyone to stand with the mighty Hundred Battle King during the ninth epoch. But what would be their reason to stand with the humans in this epoch? This was an epoch where humanity had not produced a single Daofuse.
Why did they pick the humans?
Were they simply feeling like courting death?
Even the Heavenly Overseer Marquis was confused by this choice. "Space Devourer, I don't understand your choice."
The old man replied nonchalantly, "There is nothing confusing about this. The humans might be overbearing and arrogant, but ancient races like us can only continue existing with them around. The moment they are gone, there will be nothing to hold you back from acting against us."
He looked around and said, "The humans are overly domineering, but they are also unique. So unique that they can enter all realms without suffering from any suppressive force. Thus, they will never bother to fight with the intent to destroy a realm completely." "You are different. You can't suppress the myriad races like the humans did due to the suppressive force. Upon victory, you will have to destroy the realms of all the other races to keep your dominance."
For the humans, it was pointless to destroy the realms of those they ruled since they could always defeat their subjects again without worrying about the suppressive force of the various realms.
That wouldn't be the case for the immortals, divines, or any other race. They wouldn't hesitate to destroy the realms of their subjects to keep their subjects under control. For many races, hope would exist so long as their realms continued existing. But without their realms, all hope would be lost. It would only be a matter of time before they went extinct.
Tiangu frowned and said, "Space Devourer, how can you make such an important decision based on such an uncertain speculation on the future?"
"The future is always uncertain." The old man said, "The defeat of humanity is not certain either. But I am sure about one thing. Upon the victory of humanity, we simply need to submit and we will survive. The same can't be said if you win."
"Ridiculous." Tiangu said, "What a ridiculous reasoning. Space Devourer, I can't understand your choice."
"No, not ridiculous at all." The old man said, "I understand very well that my race does not have what it takes to dominate the Myriad Realms. We don't have enough experts here or beyond. The Myriad Realms do not belong to us. No. The Myriad Realms belong to the humans, divines, devils, immortals, dragons, and the other major races. You have enough numbers to dominate. You breed fast enough to dominate. The humans breed the fastest, but the divines, devils, and immortals are almost as fast. The dragons are slightly slower, but there are still a lot of them around. But there aren't a lot of us around."
Yes. That was the biggest issue of the ancient races. They did not have the numbers to dominate the Myriad Realms. They would never be the ones to win this struggle. But at the very least, their realms would endure at the event of a human victory. That alone was enough for the spatial beasts to make this choice.
Tiangu was left speechless.
He looked at the three experts before him speechlessly.
He suspected that they had already reached an agreement with the humans before this or they wouldn't have appeared so quickly. They felt way too decisive for this to be a recent decision.
He inhaled deeply and asked, "Did Great Zhou King visit all of you? Did he somehow persuade you all to help?"
Both the spatial beast and the primordial giant stayed silent. If Tiangu wanted the answer so much, he could guess.
Tiangu laughed and said, "How...surprising."
The human race was indeed worthy of being a race that had once conquered the Myriad Realms.
A starving camel would still be bigger than a healthy horse. Even after so many years of decline, they were still capable of garnering the support of these Daofuses.
Tiangu sighed again and said, "Looks like the time has really arrived for the myriad races to make a choice. Friends, what about you? What will you choose?"
So far, fourteen Daofuses had appeared.
Six outside the Celestial Chasm Realm, six outside the Human Realm, and one each in the two realms.
Essentially, the majority of the Daofuses in the Myriad Realms had emerged.
And they had all chosen.
However, a few Daofuses were still nowhere to be seen.
Such as the Fate Pseudo Emperor, Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, Heavenly Spirit Ape Pseudo Emperor, Golden Peng Pseudo Emperor, and Hou Pseudo Emperor. A large number of these Daofuses came from the ancient races. However, the ancient races had a lower number of Invincibles compared to the major races. This was why most ancient races were only concerned about self-preservation instead of domination and conquest.
Apart from the major and ancient races, there were also unique races with a lot of Invincibles yet without a Daofuse. The five elemental race was one such race.
Next, several ancient fossils awakened from their coffins in the Immortal Realm. They weren't Daofuses, but they were ninth-degree Eternals. After leaving their coffins, they left their realm and moved in the direction of Tiangu.
At the same time, several ancient ninth-degree Eternals emerged from the Divine Realm. The gap between a Daofuse and a ninth-degree Eternal wasn't too big, but it was big enough for one Daofuse to handle three to five ninth-degree Eternals.
For example, Great Zhou King and Great Qin King were as good as multiple ninth-degree Eternals. That was why the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was having such a hard time against them.
Naturally, the surviving ancient fossils of the major races were no weaklings either. The humans might be able to garner the support of Daofuses, but what about ninth-degree Eternals?
The ancient races were known for their low number of Eternals. That was the biggest distinction between an ancient race and a major race. Just then, a screech rang out as a gigantic phoenix appeared in the sky before landing beside Tiangu.
The phoenix transformed into a female humanoid before sighing. "Since all of you have chosen, I must choose as well. The phoenixes do not wish to stand against you, but we are also unwilling to see the humans rise again."
She was the fifteenth Daofuse to appear today. Among them, six were standing on humanity's side. The humans were also outnumbered in terms of Invincibles.
Chapter 1672: Daofuse Falls (3)
Inside the Celestial Chasm Realm.
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor could sense the gathering outside the realm.
He smiled.
As his dishevelled hair whipped about, he struck Great Qin King repeatedly with his ruler before pausing to breathe. "Zhou Tianqi, what a good plan. Unfortunately, humanity is still a sinking ship. Just how many people can you get to board a sinking ship?"
Of the seven Daofuses outside, four were here to help him. They had also arrived with a large number of Invincibles. He only needed to wait for them to break through the realm barrier before escaping. With so many enemies outside, the humans wouldn't have the courage to go out. Thus, they would die trapped in the Celestial Chasm Realm.
At worst, the Celestial Chasm Realm would serve as the sacrifice for their lives.
Great Zhou King looked up and said, "Are you waiting for them to break through the realm barrier? They won't be able to do so easily as long as you're still here. Aren't you the core of this realm? Unless you're away, it will take them quite long to actually break through."
"Is that so?" The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor laughed and said, "You bet wrongly. This is your loss. Do you understand?"
"My loss?"
Great Zhou King laughed. Slowly, his aura surged.
It grew stronger. And stronger. And stronger.
"I wanted to attempt Daofuse after killing you. That might have been better for me in the long run. But I suppose I can make the attempt before killing you as well..."
Abruptly, Great Zhou King's aura erupted.
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's expression changed.
An attempt to achieve Daofuse?
"Can humans...still achieve Daofuse?" He muttered to himself.
One step at a time, Great Zhou King stepped forth. With a smile, he asked, "Why not? Yes, it's hard for warriors. But I'm no warrior."
Had they forgotten that he was a cultural researcher? He was no warrior. A character manifested above his head. It was an incredibly unique character, looking like a combination of numerous characters, but it also looked like a single, regular character. It started devouring the energy in the air as it grew madly.
It still felt like a Sunmoon character, but it also felt incredibly special. It felt way too strong to be a mere Sunmoon character. Meanwhile, almost all the celestial chasm Invincibles had died. The few remaining survivors were struggling desperately against the human Invincibles. It wouldn't take them long to kill all the remaining celestial chasms.
Their advantage had grown so big that they would be able to kill all these people without further casualties. They had sacrificed three Invincibles for the extermination of the celestial chasm race. For them, this was an incredibly worthy trade.
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's expression changed as he stared at Great Zhou King. He could see that Great Zhou King was indeed near a breakthrough. Great Zhou King was already an extremely annoying enemy to face right now. He would grow even more dangerous after his breakthrough.
"Don't even dream of killing me!"
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor roared, spread his willpower everywhere, and flooded the air with death qi. Then, he tossed an assembly token out. Having done all that, he started fleeing with all his might. Fresh chapters posted on novel·fire.net
He couldn't afford to stay and fight. He might really die after Great Zhou King's advancement.
Seeing that the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was fleeing, Great Zhou King frowned and gave chase. Great Qin King, with his heavily injured body, did not stay idle either. He shot forth and stabbed his spear forth.
However, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor merely allowed the spear strike to ravage his back as he continued fleeing. He couldn't afford to stop for even a moment. Great Zhou King was too dangerous.
Suddenly, Great Zhou King appeared in front of him with a flicker before sending a palm attack out.
Boom!
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor deflected the palm strike with his ruler before resuming his escape. In such a manner, the three started exchanging attacks while moving rapidly in the sky.
Gradually, they approached the realm entrance.
At the realm entrance, the seal was left wide open, with Heavenly Seal King gasping heavily in front of it. He had also sustained heavy injuries after killing numerous Sunmoons. His expression changed when he noticed the approach of the three.
Great Zhou King's voice arrived from afar, "Seal the exit! Heavenly Seal, stop him!"
Heavenly Seal King's face fell. That was a Daofuse! But as an Invincible, he was still capable of slowing the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor down slightly. Thus, he hurriedly erected numerous sealing formations around him.
While doing so, he gnashed his teeth and said, "On it!"
Meanwhile, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was also gnashing his teeth while fleeing. He could feel the aura of Great Zhou King growing stronger and stronger behind him. He had to escape. He must escape!
At this point, there were barely any surviving celestial chasm Invincibles anymore. If he waited any further, the other human Invincibles would be free to surround him. There would be no surviving that.
With a wave of his hand, a death spirit appeared before him. Then, he teleported the death spirit behind him. Great Qin King, who was in pursuit of the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, couldn't move away in time and rammed into the death spirit.
The death spirit burst apart, but even more death spirits appeared. That was the work of the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. He was constantly teleporting death spirits behind him to stop the two.
In fact, death spirits were also appearing around the human Invincibles who were killing off the surviving celestial chasm Invincibles. Far away, a death sovereign was approaching while roaring with laughter. "Hahaha! We are out!"
The death sovereigns were starting to arrive. They had finally noticed the collapse of the barrier separating the two realms. As the chaos inside the Celestial Chasm Realm intensified, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor continued his desperate escape.
Just then, a death sovereign appeared before Great Zhou King. With a frown, Great Zhou King unleashed the character above him. With a rumble, he sent the death sovereign crashing into the ground.
That slight delay allowed the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor to finally reach the realm entrance.
Right at that moment, a spear from Great Qin King arrived behind him. He turned around and pushed Great Qin King back again. Using the impact, he rammed into the sealing formations blocking his way.
Meanwhile, Great Zhou King was charging forward again after dealing with the death sovereign. His aura never stopped growing. In fact, it felt like he was nearly through a bottleneck. His aura was starting to feel like the aura of a Daofuse.
At the same time.
Inside the tunnel behind the realm entrance.
Heavenly Seal King was faced with two options. Resisting with his life on the line to buy more time for Great Zhou King. At worst, he would die. Or he could make way. The desperate Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor would not bother to attack when a way out was available.
Looking at Great Zhou King and Great Qin King who had both been delayed by the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor...
Heavenly Seal King struggled to make a decision.
But after a short moment, he released an indistinct yet unique aura. The escaping Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's head snapped in his direction.
Their gazes met.
Next, a look of joy appeared in Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's eyes.
This aura...this unique aura...was something he had felt before!
It was him!
It was actually him!
With a roar, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor swung his ruler in accordance to the guidance of the unique aura. Instantly, all the sealing formations shattered.
The way out was open.
Meanwhile, Heavenly Seal King was profusely coughing blood, having suffered from the backlash of losing all those formations. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was overjoyed.
The way out was finally open!
The Daofuses outside the realm could sense it as well. They could sense that the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was on the verge of breaking free. Humanity had failed. With the addition of one more Daofuse outside the Celestial Chasm Realm, the position of humanity would further weaken than before.
Their attempt to seize the initiative had backfired on them. This could very well be their final struggle. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor rushed into the tunnel with joy, completely ignoring Heavenly Seal King.
Behind him, Great Zhou King sighed and said, "That was the final chance. Why persist?"
It was unclear who those words were meant for.
Final chance.
He had given Heavenly Seal King one last chance instead of killing Heavenly Seal King directly. Unfortunately, Heavenly Seal King had made the wrong choice.
If Heavenly Seal King were only prejudiced against the multiple character faction, the situation could probably be salvaged. After all, Ye Batian was already dead. Great Zhou King still harbored a tiny hope that this situation was salvageable.
Alas, Heavenly Seal King had disappointed him. He had planned to allow Heavenly Seal King to die a hero even if the situation was unsalvageable. But now... he no longer felt like doing so. Heavenly Seal King was unworthy of that.
Great Yue King, King Hong, and Great Liang King were the ones who had died heroes. Heavenly Seal King was unworthy.
A traitor was a traitor.
A hero was a hero.
Looking at the fleeing Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, an odd smile formed on Great Zhou King's face.
Right at that moment, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, who was almost through the tunnel, froze.
Yes. He froze.
A fleeing Daofuse had actually frozen mid-action.
Why? Because his path ahead had vanished.
Or to be precise, the exit had been moved to a different spot. It looked as though he had unluckily walked the wrong path while escaping. But that wasn't possible. The tunnel was there. And this was a tunnel he had traveled countless times before. He would never get lost in the tunnel. There was no such possibility.
He was completely stunned. He didn't know how to react anymore. The exit was elsewhere. It was dozens of kilometers away. He still needed some time to cross that distance.
Impossible!
This was impossible!
Just what was going on?
With a smile, Great Zhou King stared ahead, his gaze seemingly piercing straight through the realm barrier to look at the tunnel.
What rotten luck was this?
He had guessed that this would be an unlucky day for the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. But he had never expected that the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor would be unlucky to such an extent.
Even the tunnel exit had coincidentally moved somewhere in his moment of need. A wide grin formed on Great Zhou King's face. Heavenly Overseer Marquis...was he not afraid of being seen through for using his power so openly? Or did he believe that nobody would be able to see through that?
With one glance at Great Qin King, Great Zhou King understood the reason for Heavenly Overseer Marquis' confidence. None of them had any idea what was happening. They only saw the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor hesitating right before going through the exit. In their eyes, it looked as though the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor had suddenly changed his mind about escaping.
Great Qin King was completely stunned. Even his previous fury and despair were forgotten. What happened? Why did he stop running? Heavenly Seal King's expression changed as well. Why did he stop?
Inside the tunnel, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor roared in despair, "Who did this?"
Boom!
Right at that moment, an explosion of aura erupted behind him. The character above Great Zhou King had suddenly grown massively in strength. With a flicker, Great Zhou King vanished before reappearing before the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor.
He softly asked, "Why must you be so greedy?"
How could someone who had offended the two individuals most loved by luck survive? Heavenly Overseer Marquis never cared about the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's life. He only cared about his Heavenly Hunt Index.
After asking that question, Great Zhou King transformed his character into a sword. A sword was a gentleman's weapon. As a self-proclaimed gentleman, he believed that a sword was a fitting weapon for him.
Boom!
That was not the sound of the attack landing on the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor. Rather, it was the sound of a line in a net being severed. Originally, the net was not exposed.
But it had now exposed itself, and Great Zhou King had easily severed it.
Splurt!
After coughing a mouthful of blood, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor found that the power of laws inside his body was starting to stir before finally exploding. He stared at Great Zhou King in shock.
"You...laws..."
Great Zhou King smiled and said, "The dao you're fusing...is too weak. And you haven't fused enough of it."
Once again, he swung his sword.
Boom!
Yet another part of the line in the net was cut through. Meanwhile, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor was wide-eyed with disbelief. He couldn't believe this.
Impossible!
"The laws are mere toys in the hands of cultural researchers. You won't understand."
With a smile, Great Zhou King unleashed countless stabs in an instant, reducing the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor into mincemeat.
Boom!
The entire Myriad Realms shook. The Celestial Chasm Realm shook with an even higher intensity. Mountains collapsed, seas overturned, while the sky cracked.
As Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's body separated, he muttered with indignation, "You...who...who did you work with...to stab me in the back?"
He could feel it. Someone was working against him from the dark.
Great Zhou King smiled and asked, "Who do you think?"
"Him...it's him..."
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor couldn't accept it. He was furious. Heavenly Overseer Marquis!
It could only be him!
"It's too late for you to know this now. Your life is the price for your greed."
For daring to covet the Heavenly Hunt Index, it was only natural that the Heavenly Overseer Marquis would act against him.
Boom!
Following an even louder explosion, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor finally blew apart. A much larger net appeared in the sky. One of the lines on it, a particularly tiny one, collapsed.
Boom!
The rumble sounded throughout the Myriad Realms. Next, silence descended.
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor...was dead?
That was too sudden!
How was this possible?
***
Outside.
The Daofuses were greatly shocked.
Dead?
Among them, Heavenly Overseer Marquis watched on indifferently. Yes. Dead.
That fragment was probably in Great Zhou King's hands now, right?
If Great Zhou King could survive this, the fragment would end up in Su Yu's hands.
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor only had his own greed to blame. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis wouldn't have eliminated a major enemy of humanity otherwise.
Greed.
What was the point?
He was unworthy of that fragment. Was he not aware of that?
What a pity. After all, that was a Daofuse. Why so greedy? He was given the opportunity to sell the fragment. He would have survived if he had agreed. Alas, he had made the wrong choice.
A rain of blood poured down on the Myriad Realms.
All the laws trembled.
A Daofuse had fallen.
Chapter 1673: Carnage Unleashed (1)
Dead?
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, a powerful expert who had survived epoch after epoch, had perished.
He had survived from the first epoch all the way to the tenth epoch. He was the first Daofuse the celestial chasms produced since the collapse of the ancient past. He was also the sole Daofuse they had produced all this time.
He had died.
He had died to Great Zhou King.
This was the first Daofuse to die in the past six thousand years.
The Allheaven Battlefield had remained shut for nearly five thousand years. It had been about a thousand years since it reopened. And now, the first Daofuse to perish during this time frame had appeared.
Great Zhou King's voice spread out of the Celestial Chasm Realm and reverberated everywhere.
"I offer the blood of a Pseudo Emperor to congratulate the new holy lord of humanity. I offer the blood of the celestial chasm race to congratulate humanity.
"Having achieved Daofuse, I killed Soulvenge to celebrate the occasion. Those willing to befriend humanity, you may deploy your experts now. We will forget the past and start anew. Those standing against humanity, take the fate of the celestial chasm race as your warning. In the battle today, humanity won.
"The time has arrived for the myriad races to make a choice. Humanity has survived from the ancient past until now. Nothing can eliminate us. Even a hundred thousand years of defeat have failed to eliminate us. We are still here now. We will still be here a hundred thousand years in the future."
Great Zhou King's projection appeared in the sky, visible to all in the Myriad Realms.
Strong.
Very strong.
Humanity had produced its first Daofuse of the tenth epoch.
Nobody knew if he had achieved Daofuse through his willpower cultivation or his physical cultivation. That was not important. The important thing was the fact that he had killed the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor.
Great Zhou King.
The Myriad Realms were shocked.
The minor races were shaken, while the major races were alarmed
What should they do?
The tenth epochal war had begun.
The death of a Daofuse had declared the start of the war.
From now on, even Daofuses would die.
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This was the biggest change in this epoch thus far.
Even the laws started shaking.
They were cheering the rise of a new Daofuse.
***
Great Zhou King's voice reached the Human Realm as well.
Shock and disbelief spread throughout the Human Realm.
The fortune of Great Zhou surged.
At the same time, the fortune in Su Yu's crown surged as well.
Su Yu could feel it clearly.
The instant the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor died, the 144th golden stripe appeared on the crown. That was not all. The crown continued growing, slowly approaching the level of a divine weapon.
Strong.
Powerful fortune.
This was a victory for humanity.
With the lives of three Invincibles as the price, a Pseudo Emperor was slain.
Su Yu, who had just killed an Invincible, was soaked with blood. The four Invincibles facing him were also soaked with blood. Disbelief covered their faces as they listened to Great Zhou King's voice.
This was a victory for humanity. A Daofuse had been slain. A powerful race had been eliminated. The celestial chasms had ceased to exist. The lineage of a powerful race that had survived since the ancient past had ended.
Great Zhou King had advanced into the Daofuse Realm. Cheers rang out everywhere in the Human Realm.
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
Their roars were deafening.
Victory!
Great Zhou King and the others had achieved victory!
They had killed a Pseudo Emperor!
The battle in the Human Realm had yet to end. Many humans had died. But that was not enough to suppress the joy all humans were feeling.
"Hahaha!"
Su Yu was also laughing heartily. As his crown surged in strength, he swung his blade, severing the head of an Invincible.
Rumble!
Crimson clouds covered the sky.
Only three remained.
Up until now, Su Yu had killed six Invincibles. But he had also sustained heavy injuries. Death qi was also flooding out of his body. An indistinct death tunnel was slowly forming underneath him.
With the ancient guardians fighting outside their cities, the level of death qi in his body was already beyond his limit. Meanwhile, the three Invincibles facing him were hurriedly pulling back with sorrowful expressions.
They felt incredibly helpless. Su Yu was too strong. Then again, their battle against Su Yu hadn't been for nothing. They could see that Su Yu was quite drained from fighting them.
Battles continued raging everywhere.
With twenty-two Invincibles, the enemies still enjoyed an upper hand against humanity in he Human Realm. Even the female furball was finding their superior number difficult to handle. After all, she had exhausted herself instantly killing a seventh-degree Eternal earlier.
This had been a tiring day for her. First, she had to suppress two Eternals. Then, she had to consume one. After that, she forced herself to kill one more. In a short time, she had killed four of them, with three being seventh-degree Eternals and one being a sixth-degree Eternal. These were all top experts. Naturally, Su Yu was counting Snow King and Fire King as his own kills.
At the moment, the female furball was fighting three Eternals alone while Great Zhou King and Heavenly Forge King were fighting one together. The female furball would eventually win, but there was still a seventh-degree Eternal among her three opponents. The other two were sixth-degree Eternals.
Thus, she was starting to get impatient and annoyed. She was very strong. But that was only in comparison with Eternals. Among Daofuses, she was quite young. She wasn't even a being that had been nurtured into existence by Culture King. Instead, Soy Bun was the one who had nurtured her into existence at the end of the ancient past.
She had met some powerful experts when she was weak, including Culture King, but she had never received any help from them. Thus, a battle of such intensity was enough to drain her. And the more exhausted she was, the angrier she was.
She felt humiliated. As a furball, she had actually wasted so much time fighting a few Eternals. How dare the three weaklings before her fight back instead of running?
They were disrespecting her!
This was such an embarrassment!
The female furball was furious. How dare they look down on her!
She was someone who would eat Tiangu one day!
And thus, the mouth of the furious female furball grew massively, turning into a black hole as she took a big bite, including a large chunk of space itself.
The three Eternals were instantly eaten.
Boom!
Numerous explosions erupted inside the female furball's body as the three Eternals resisted inside her body.
That further infuriated the female furball. "How dare you resist?"
This was infuriating!
The soul devourer race had always been ferocious. Thus, the furious furball started shrinking as she compressed her body repeatedly. In the blink of an eye, she became as small as a speck of dust.
Boom!
Suddenly, a massive rumble sounded.
Crimson clouds covered the sky.
The rain of blood grew heavier.
The three explosions caused the female furball to alternate before enlarging and shrinking. She flew everywhere in the sky, akin to a leaking balloon. She had actually swallowed her three opponents in her fury. Knowing that there was no surviving this, they all detonated themselves.
The series of explosions finally ended after a short while. The female furball returned to her original size with a slightly weakened look in her eyes. The explosions had caused her great discomfort.
The Invincible, who was fighting Great Zhou King and Heavenly Forge King alone, turned around and fled without any hesitation. Out of five of them, the female furball had killed four alone. Even if the female furball was looking quite weak at the moment, he didn't have the courage to continue fighting.
Junior Zhou King and Heavenly Forge King gave chase. They couldn't allow an enemy Invincible to run free in the Human Realm. This was too dangerous.
Their side had achieved victory. However, that was only a partial victory.
***
Moments earlier, when Su Yu was killing an Invincible and the female furball was eating three Invincibles, a sigh rang out. Then, an explosion erupted. Of the three old Invincibles fighting alongside Yun Chen's group, one sighed before detonating himself.
The explosion forced an enemy Invincible to split into three bodies. Their group was having it the hardest. They had to face seven Invincibles.
They had seven in their group as well, but only five among them were Invincibles and two were Pseudo Invincibles. Furthermore, they were weaker than their seven opponents. That was especially true for the two Pseudo Invincibles. The three old Invincibles were quite weak as well, but that was mainly due to their old injuries.
Yes, Great Qin King had provided them with some carrier treasures for recovery, but they needed time for that. Thus, they had been suppressed by their opponents since the start of the battle.
Seeing that he was on the verge of being killed, one of the human Invincibles detonated himself. If he must die, he wouldn't die worthlessly.
The female furball had obtained victory.
Su Yu was near victory as well.
Even further away, Great Yuan King had killed yet another Invincible. But he still had two opponents, so it was unlikely that he could help.
Suddenly, the fortune in Su Yu's crown stirred.
Human Realm.
Great Zheng, one of the thirty-six prefectures, shook violently.
Great Zheng King!
The dead Invincible was a founding king!
The Great Zheng prefect, who was fighting some Sunmoons, teared up as he killed a random Sunmoon with his blade before dropping to his knees. "Father!"
The dead Invincible was his father. Many years ago, Great Zheng King had lost two of his bodies. Even the third body was barely hanging on to life. Thus, he had retired from public life for many years.
Some even believed that he had died.
But the Great Zheng prefect knew that his father was not dead.
Alas, his father had died for real.
Too many enemy Invincibles were hiding in the Human Realm. Death was unavoidable.
As a weakened Invincible with only one body left, his father became the first founding king to die in the Human Realm.
Great Zheng King!
Great Wei, Great Wu, Great Qi, Great Chen, Great Liang, Great Yue, and Great Zheng. Seven of the thirty-six founding kings had died.
Back then, there were more than thirty-six Invincibles among the human race.
Initially, over fifty human Invincibles had walked out of the various ruins. Some had died, leaving thirty-six behind to found the thirty-six prefectures. And now, only twenty-nine of these early Invincibles remained.
Chapter 1674: Carnage Unleashed (2)
"Old Zheng..."
Niu Baidao, who was distracted by Great Zheng King's death, had his throat pierced through by his opponent. He was also having a hard time against these opponents.
He was able to pull back with a bleeding throat, but he was feeling quite helpless. He smiled bitterly. He had just affirmed his dao not long ago. How strong could he be? Su Yu had overestimated them.
Nobody could spare any effort to help him as the others were also having a hard time against their opponents. Both Marquis Xia and Zhu Tiandao, in particular, were looking rather sorry. They could only take evasive measures to keep their opponents engaged instead of fighting head-on. How were they supposed to win this?
Niu Baidao was on the verge of dying. Things were looking bad for Marquis Xia and Zhu Tiandao as well. Just then, Qin Zhen, Liu Wushen, and Zhou Potian arrived. Things were progressing too quickly in this battle and they were too far away to reach in time.
In fact, they had even ignited their blood essence to move faster, but they were still too late. Great Zheng King had died before their arrival.
With a roar, Qin Zhen swept his spear forth and blocked the attack toward Marquis Xia. The impact sent him flying while coughing blood. As for Marquis Xia, he took the chance to withdraw and stop beside Qin Zhen.
Looking at Marquis Xia, Qin Zhen smiled bitterly and asked, "So you're single as well?"
Marquis Xia's face fell.
What was that wording? He was a Pseudo Invincible. For him to only be reduced to a single guy after resisting an Invincible for so long was already an impressive feat. Just surviving that was already worth a celebration.
At the same time, the Invincible facing Niu Baidao was pushed back by Zhou Potian. Zhu Tiandao was also saved by Liu Wushen. After saving Zhu Tiandao, Liu Wushen sighed and said, "Aren't you supposed to be an Invincible-killer?"
How weak.
In fairness, Zhu Tiandao was not weak at all. His opponent was a fourth-degree Eternal while he was only a Pseudo Invincible.
Zhu Tiandao rolled his eyes and said, "Even being alive is already a great accomplishment for me."
Liu Wushen sure was rude.
Then, Zhu Tiandao looked toward where Great Zheng King had self-detonated. The shockwaves from the explosion was just starting to settle down, revealing a bloodied Invincible who was staring at them with a smile.
He had survived even Great Zheng King's self-detonation. He had only lost a body. Of the seven non-human Invincibles, he was the only one unlucky enough to be affected by the self-detonation. The rest of them were completely unaffected.
Including the three new arrivals and excluding the dead Great Zheng King, the non-human Invincibles were faced with nine opponents. However, only two of the nine still have all their bodies intact. Zhou Potian and Yun Chen. The rest had lost one or two tri-life bodies each.
Far away, Su Yu's roar rang out, "Senior Flat, save them!"
Su Yu could also sense the dangerous situation Zhu Tiandao and the others were in. However, the three bastards were still keeping him busy. He couldn't free himself to help them. Thus, he could only place his hope on the female furball.
No matter what, the female furball was a Daofuse. She might have been injured, but she could probably do more. Hearing his request, the female furball grumbled unwillingly and set off.
How annoying.
She had essentially been acting as the number one support of the day. Without her around, things would have been far worse for humanity.
Just as the female furball was about to rush over, a myriad race Invincible appeared above Great Ming. This was yet another hidden expert. Before long, another hidden Invincible emerged. Su Yu's heart thumped. That was the secret realm entrance of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion! Or to be precise, it was more like a gap in the realm barrier instead of a proper entrance.
And someone else had seemingly discovered the gap. Or perhaps they had simply learned of the location from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
Damn it!
Su Yu could feel the powerful auras of the two newcomers even from afar. They were both immortals. The two looked around. Before long, they understood what was happening.
The stronger of the two smiled and said, "Great Ming. It has been over four hundred years since I was last here. This is surprisingly easy. Nobody is here to stop us."
Humanity was currently short of manpower. It was only natural that nobody was there to stop them. With a roar, Su Yu threw a punch before following up with a saber attack, forcing his three opponents to withdraw. However, they still maintained enough distance to keep Su Yu busy. Follow current novᴇls on Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
In fact, their morale had been boosted by the sight of reinforcements. Clearly, even the human Invincibles outside couldn't stop these people from entering. At this rate, the myriad races would end up victorious. As for the female furball, she was struggling again. Where should she go now?
The two Invincibles were seemingly planning to unleash slaughter in Great Ming. After all, they had covered the entire Great Ming with their killing intent. Zhu Tiandao, who was busy fleeing from his opponent, felt even more helpless.
What now?
Great Ming did not currently have the ability to resist two Invincibles.
Above, one Mountainsea after another appeared. All their Sunmoons had been deployed to deal with the hidden myriad race experts earlier. Thus, only some Mountainseas and Cloudbreaches emerged to face the two new enemies. They knew they would die doing this, but they had to do it.
"Bugs..."
The two immortal kings laughed. How brave of these bugs. The two were actually quite impressed with the courage these bugs were demonstrating. Noticing the arrival of a disaster, Su Yu blasted his opponents away before attempting to leave in desperation. However, the three Invincibles were still stubbornly stopping him from leaving.
Finally, he gnashed his teeth and roared in fury, "Save Great Ming!"
That ended the female furball's hesitation. As she started flying toward Great Ming, the two immortal kings sensed her approach. They exchanged glances before focusing fully on the approaching Daofuse, ignoring the bugs beneath them.
"A Daofuse of the soul devourer race."
"An injured Daofuse."
"Can we win?"
"Let's try."
Both of them were incredibly strong. And one of them was a familiar face to Su Yu: Jade King.
A ninth-degree Eternal.
The other was an eighth-degree Eternal.
The two had only entered the Human Realm as an experiment. They didn't dare to send anyone weaker in as that would be the same as throwing the lives of those people away for nothing.
They were wary of the female furball, but they did not retreat. This was not Soy Bun. They could sense that this was a different furball, the weaker of the two Daofuses. Furthermore, she seemed to have sustained some injuries.
In that case, they were confident they could keep her busy even if they couldn't defeat her. The female furball arrived in the blink of an eye. A massive battle erupted the moment she arrived.
After a short moment, the furious and annoyed female furball attempted to swallow them by force, but she was blocked by a token in Jade King's hand. It was red in color, an assembly token. He had actually entered with an assembly token in hand.
Jade King laughed and said, "Looks like you can't swallow me."
That was the token of a super expert from the ancient past. It contained the power of the great dao as it was something left behind by a true Great Dao expert. The female's devouring force might be powerful, but it wasn't powerful enough to defeat the defenses of this token.
That further annoyed the female furball. The soul devourers had their own token as well, but Soy Bun was the one holding the token. The female had not expected to encounter so many experts during this trip, so she hadn't bothered to take the token with her.
The battles all over the Human Realm continued growing in intensity. Meanwhile, things continued to worsen for Zhu Tiandao's group even with the inclusion of three helpers. The two old Invincibles were starting to think of detonating themselves.
That was the only way they could inflict some heavy injuries on their opponents to give their allies a better fighting chance. That would be far better than dying without accomplishing anything.
On the other hand, Great Zhou King's group had the absolute upper hand in the Celestial Chasm Realm.
Unfortunately, they could not return. They were blocked inside the Celestial Chasm Realm. As for those outside the Human Realm, they were too busy dealing with the Devil Pseudo Emperor and the others to help. Thus, those inside the Human Realm could only rely on themselves.
Four human Invincibles had died so far, and some had also lost their tri-life bodies. Thus, humanity had actually suffered quite a heavy loss even after killing so many enemies. There was no helping that since humanity was too outnumbered here. The myriad races had plenty of old fossils they could deploy. If this continued, humanity would suffer even more.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was still trying to fly toward Zhu Tiandao's group while cursing inwardly. Great Zhou King and the others had left to fight so confidently. Had they never considered the fact that he couldn't protect the Human Realm in their absence?
Yes, yes, he had bragged confidently earlier, claiming that the Human Realm would be fine as long as he was around. But twenty-six enemy Invincibles had appeared inside the Human Realm.
Many of them were high-degree Eternals. This was enough to rival even the celestial chasm race as long as a Daofuse was added to the mix. What was this? Su Yu felt as though humanity wasn't fighting only one race. Rather, humanity was fighting two races at the same time.
One could also say that in the Human Realm, the humans were akin to the celestial chasms who were being invaded by Human Invincibles. They also had a Daofuse on their side, but Flatbun wasn't even as strong as the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor.
It also seemed like the situation would continue to worsen. Would more enemy Invincibles arrive from the secret entrance of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? That wasn't something humanity could handle.
Su Yu looked down at the indistinct death tunnel below him. He gnashed his teeth, wondering if he should open the death tunnel. Opening a death tunnel here might be disastrous for the Human Realm.
He couldn't be sure if a death tunnel here would lead toward Xing Yue and the others. What if some unknown powerful death spirits were waiting down there? This could very well cause Su Yu his own life. Thus, this wasn't a bet he was willing to take unless he was desperate enough.
He was aware of Great Zhou King's victory. But the situation in the Human Realm was rather desperate. Did he have more trump cards to use? No.
Su Yu was annoyed at the realization that he still did not have enough trump cards. He had exhausted his trump cards to protect the Human Realm this time.
At the same time.
Things were getting more and more desperate for Zhu Tiandao's group. They were still the losing side even with the inclusion of three helpers. Their seven opponents were getting more and more aggressive as the battle continued.
They only needed to kill these people before joining the battle against Su Yu. At that point, their victory would be secured.
***
To the east.
Great Yuan King was already at his limits.
He was already seriously injured before the battle. And his injuries had only worsened after the battle started. His two opponents had also been seriously injured by him during the battle. The battle between the three heavily injured Invincibles raged on. Great Yuan King did not have the ability to help anyone.
As he fought, a sense of shame welled within him. As a seventh-degree Eternal, who was also a founding king, he had been rather useless in this battle. Yes, he had lost two bodies to Su Yu, but he couldn't blame anyone for that.
He might have gone fully crazy by now if he hadn't lost those two bodies. But still, he felt slightly regretful. If he were in his peak condition, he would have defeated these two long ago.
Alas, it was too late for regrets. If it wasn't for the female furball's earlier help, he would have died long ago.
After pushing his two opponents back yet again, Great Yuan King stopped to gasp for breath while staring into the distance. He was supposed to play a big role in such a battle. Alas, he had lost too much strength after losing two bodies. The more he thought about it, the more helpless he felt.
Those fellows were in an even worse state than him. As for his battle with the two Invincibles, it would probably persist until all three were dead. He did not see a situation where any of them could win without dying as well.
After yet another clash with the two, he sent them back with a swing of his spear while even more wounds appeared on his body. He made use of the impact from the clash to further distance himself from the two. Then, he looked at Su Yu before looking at Qin Zhen's group. A decision took form in his mind.
"Su Yu...I still disapprove of you...even if you're very talented."
Yes. He still disapproved. In his opinion, Su Yu lacked one important quality: patience.
He believed that Great Zhou King was a far more suitable leader for humanity. Su Yu was better suited for the role of a vanguard or a general. He did not have the disposition of a calm and collected leader.
Great Yuan King sighed with regret, but he soon smiled. This was not the time for him to worry about all that.
"Su Yu...since you want me dead, I'll fulfill your wish."
He took his bow out. Then, he nocked his spear on the bow before igniting both his blood essence and sea of willpower. The very core of his being was burning.
"Su Yu! Kill!"
With a roar, the bow burst apart while the spear shot forth, flying straight toward the three enemies behind Su Yu.
"I...am...a founding king!"
With that, Great Yuan King faced the sky and roared with laughter. Then, his crumbling body exploded, the explosion spreading to encompass the two Invincibles behind him.
The deafening explosion echoed everywhere.
He was a founding king.
He did not support Su Yu.
Who was Su Yu?
Who was Su Yu to lead him?
What a joke.